Figurative Language in music

It might seem crazy what I’m about to say / Sunshine she’s here, you can take a break / I’m a hot air balloon that could go to space

•  Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Allusion

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind…/ Do you know that there’s still a chance for you / ‘Cause there’s a spark in you… / ‘Cause baby you’re a firework”

• Allusion
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile
• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

I’d catch a grenade for you / Throw my head on a blade for you / I’d jump in front of a train for you

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

On the day that I was born / The cards were dealt, the dice were thrown / I think my destiny was drawn

• Idioms and Alliteration
• Idiom and Allusion
• Alliteration and Simile
• Simile and Onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Yeah, you can be the greatest, you can be the best / You can be the King Kong banging on your chest / You can beat the world, you can win the war / You can talk to God, go banging on his door

• Idiom
• Allusion
• Personification
• Simile

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Think I need two more / 
line bumpin' I'm ring, ring, ringin / 
Countin' money while they ring, ring, ringin' /
Trap jumpin' I'm ring, ring, ringin'

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Allusion

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

You try to scream but terror takes the sound /  before you make it / You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes / 
You’re paralyzed / ‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night / And no one’s gonna save you from the beast about to strike

• Personification
• Simile
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, / I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothing left. / Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that / Even my mama thinks my mind is gone.

• Allusion
• Onomatopoeia
• Hyperbole
• Idiom

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.K.5

Don't stop, make it pop / DJ, blow my speakers up / Tonight, Imma fight / 'Til we see the sunlight / TiK ToK, on the clock / But the party don't stop no / Whoa-oh oh oh / Whoa-oh oh oh

• Allusion
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia
• Simile

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Cause baby, now we've got bad blood / 
You know it used to be mad love / 
So take a look what you've done / 
Cause baby, now we've got bad blood, hey!

• Allusion
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Simile

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5